WO2018033837A1

WO2018033837A1 - Sleep-inducing chamber with controlled vibrations and sounds

Info

Publication number: WO2018033837A1
Application number: PCT/IB2017/054897
Authority: WO
Inventors: Pablo Hernando TORRES MALDONADO
Original assignee: Torres Maldonado Pablo Hernando
Priority date: 2016-08-18
Filing date: 2017-08-11
Publication date: 2018-02-22

Abstract

This invention relates to a sleep-inducing chamber that reduces or eliminates fatigue and therefore optimises motor, affective and cognitive skills; it has a dome (3) and a cover (2) held by a support arm (4); inside said chamber (1) is a top pad (7) and under this is an array of box-type elements (8) that rest upon a shock-mounted base (12) which in turn has an insulating grid (9) that is protected by a frame (10); the array of box-type elements (8), the insulating grid (9) and the frame (10) rest upon a bottom pad (11); said pad (11) is provided on top of a shock-mounted base (12); the sleep-inducing chamber (1) has a computer (19) which is linked to the multi-channel system (26) that modulates the sound and sends it to the bass shaker units (20) , the headphones (21) or speakers (22).

Description

TITLE OF THE PATENT:

SLEEP INDUCTION CHAMBER WITH VIBRATIONS AND SOUNDS

CONTROLLED

DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTER:

Technology sector

This invention is directed to the cognitive neuroscience sector, combining neurotechnology and psychoacoustics, allowing individuals to treat different diseases related to the nervous system, in the same way can change physiological activity in order to improve health and performance; This invention induces sleep in patients through sound stimuli.

Background Lack of sleep has harmful consequences for health, there is a greater risk of suffering from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and depression, it also causes mental health problems. Sleeping well is synonymous with good health, as well as a balanced diet and regular exercise. The normal duration for a person to rest rests between 7 and 9 hours a day, as well as having continuity at bedtime, that is, without interruptions, as well as having a deep sleep to be restorative.

Nowadays you can find different devices, techniques, technologies that generate sound stimuli, vibrating beds or relaxing massages, megabrain technology to generate synchrony by brain drag and prescribed hypnotic medications that help you sleep, the latter can have side effects with the passage of time or generate addiction, this led to finding solutions that mediate the problem without generating i side effects in people. Different technologies were found that help with rest or with stress reduction.

Such patents mentioned above that are intended to be partially resolved are:

12-165411 "Vibration chamber frequency!" , this application describes a camera that has an integrating console, the vibrational mattress and the controlled space chamber, which offers frequency vibrational massage !, training, brain dragging of the binaural pulse and isochronic tones.

US patent 5551879 "Dream state teaching machine" describes a device that improves the lucidity in a person's dream state. The device includes an electronic circuit incorporated in a headband that the user uses while sleeping. The circuit includes a detector to detect! Rapid Eye (REM) movement, which occurs during sleep. The detector emits a signal that is evaluated by additional circuits to determine whether or not it is REM sleep. If REM sleep is occurring, a signal is generated to operate an engraving, which normally plays prerecorded messages through the earphones of the sleeping person's ear.

The "INGRA VIDEZ TANK" is a tank or pool of water in which the person who submerges, is suspended floating. The water it contains may contain a special solution of mineral salts, which gives it a density that allows it to float effortlessly. http://www.preciosisimo.com/3643/tanque-de-flQtacion^

experience weightlessness The "LAXMAN MEGABRAIN" are glasses that generate a spectrum of colors that induce the person who uses them to a state of meditation.

The "REMEE" is a mask that incorporates six red LEDs on its inner face that are activated during the REM phase of sleep, which takes place approximately every 90 minutes and increases its frequency as the morning approaches. When the lights come on, the brain recognizes that it is dreaming and is able to transform the conventional dream into a conscious dream in which, eventually, the dreamer can choose the

The so-called "DREAMACHINE MACHINE" is a hollow cylinder with a lit bulb inside. In addition, the cylinder has several uniform cuts through which light can pass. Said cylinder was placed on a gramophone, which rotates at a speed of 45-75 RPM. This causes an intermittent light to flicker, similar to that of the eyes in the REM phase and cause a hypnagogy state in the observer (in front of the device with eyes closed), something similar to an intermediate state between being asleep Y

The present invention unlike the mentioned patents improves the quality of life of people who report sleep disturbance related to insomnia or fatigue states due to excessive stress, since the camera induces sleep with the help of vibrations and sounds controlled; generating a combined stimulus at the auditory level, plus the effect of pressure that consists of the individual recording the sound at the level of mechano receptors or proprioception, this effect is known as vestibular stimulation, these two effects are synchronized. This stimulus includes the effect of brain drag synchrony that is performed with infrasound in the range of 100 Hz and 0.03 Hz. The purpose of this effect is to alter mental states. By stimulating the two ears simultaneously and separately with two slightly different frequencies, the brain perceives a "binaural pulse", whose frequency is equal to the subtraction of the initial frequencies; by sending to each ear its nerve signal to each cerebral hemisphere, where the right hemisphere governs the left part of the body and the left hemisphere governs the right part of the body, the hemispheres act in unison and the sound is transmuted into an electrical signal that only It can be created by both hemispheres working in unison.

The sounds affect the chemistry of the brain since it causes dopamine to be released, however, it has other functions such as being present in the learning processes, behavior, motor activity, sleep, humor, attention. As for the vibrations if they are used in an appropriate way they can be beneficial since they can have numerous applications improving flexibility, neuromuscular effectiveness, relaxation in muscles, tendons, bones and joints.

BEST WAY TO CARRY OUT THE INVENTION

The present invention helps individuals who report exhaustion or stress due to lack of deep and restful rest, this lack of deep rest compromises motor skills (fine, thick), affective (emotional intelligence) and cognitive (memory, attention, concentration, synthesis) ). The Sleep Induction Chamber reduces or eliminates fatigue and therefore optimizes motor, affective and cognitive skills. Among its most relevant characteristics are the following: 1. The sleep-inducing chamber allows the individual to rest deeply in a time of 35 minutes, the 8 hours of night rest.

2. The camera is used in individuals who report sleep disturbance associated with insomnia or fatigue due to excessive stress.

3. The camera is used in individuals whose cognitive, affective and motor skills are compromised. 4. The individual must use the camera in a plan of 21 sessions, intermediate day, during periods of 50 minutes.

The following instructions must be taken into account when using the camera:

one . The camera is located in an area or a private room with sound conditions and controlled lighting; an average temperature of 25 ° C is recommended.

2. When the individual is placed inside the camera, the technological package consisting of a computer generating 1 1 audio signals is activated, this package is calibrated in 2 ways, first the audio output is calibrated by the headphones or speakers and Then the sound pressure generated by the 3 x 3 shaker bass matrix is calibrated.

3. When the two stimuli are calibrated, the chamber is closed and the stimulus protocol that lasts 50 minutes is restarted. After the session, the individual is taken out of the camera.

The sleep-inducing chamber with controlled vibrations and sounds consists of the following parts:

1) Camera

2) Cover

3) Acrylic dome

4) Metallic arm support top cover

5) Side covers

6) Front and back cover

7) Top Mat

8) Matrix boxes

9) Insulating mesh

10) Matrix Frame Resonator Drawers

1 1) Bottom mat

12) Shock absorber base

13) Shock absorber base support 14) Base Frame Sound pressure

15) Metal containment base arch

16) Metallic Frame

17) Camera base

18) Sound System

19) Computer

20) Shaker bass or contact transducers

21) Hearing aids

22) Speakers with high response

23) Logic card

24) Binaural microphone

25) Multitrack

26) Multichannel

The operation of the sleep induction chamber with vibrations and controlled sounds is given as follows:

The inductive sleep chamber (1) or hermetically sealed vault has a top (2) on its upper part, which has a transparent acrylic dome (3); This cover (2) is held by means of a support arm (4) that opens vertically to place an individual inside the chamber. On its sides (5) it has two covers, and on its front and back sides it has two other covers (6) which can be adapted to open or close.

Inside the chamber (1) there are nine matrix boxes (8) that rest on a cushioned base (12), which in turn has an insulating mesh (9) which divides the boxes (8) and avoids any type of friction or noise between them; The insulating mesh (9) is protected by a frame (10). The matrix boxes (8), the insulating mesh (9) and the frame (10), rest on a lower mat (1 1), in turn on a cushion base (12).

Under the base (12) there is a base frame (14) and base supports (13), it has a base arch (15) and a frame (16) that surrounds the base frame (14). The camera (1) has a base (16) that supports it and supports the weight of it. Above the matrix (8) there is an upper mat (7) about 5cm thick which maximizes the transfer of the mono aural pulse.

When the person is incorporated into the Chamber (1), a hearing aid (21) will be placed that responds to low frequencies that cancel out the noise. If the person does not want to use the headphones (21) that should preferably be of the circumaural type, Bluetooth or supraaural headphones, which can alternate with speakers (22), they use 10 Watts with high response at low frequencies. Speakers with high response (22) at low frequencies serve the same purpose as hearing aids (21). Additionally, the external noise annulator is intended to generate sensory inhibition with respect to the external environment of the chamber (1). Binaural stimulation, plus prerecorded sound requires the individual to listen in stereo configuration, therefore each ear has an independent frequency register.

The sleep-inducing camera (1) has a computer (19) that can go internally and externally: the computer (19) has a multitrack program (25) or prerecorded audio sound card, in which 1 1 to 15 tracks, track 1 and 4 for pre-recorded 3D binaural sound on the binaural microphone (24), tracks 5 through 15 generate a modulated monaural pulse through the shakers bass (20). The shakers bass or contact transducers (20) perform controlled vibrations; Each vibration is controlled and is located in the part of the patient's body that is mentioned in the audio, generating controlled oscillating movements. That is, it takes the signal delivered by the logic card (25), amplifies it and directs it to each of the 9 shaker bass (20) per independent, each shaker bass (20) uses 250 watts.

Whenever a part of the body is mentioned in the audio, it will be able to perform controlled vibrations using the shaker bass (20), this vibration is located in the part of the patient's body that is mentioned in the audio or tracks, generating controlled oscillating movements . DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES:

Figure No. 1: Isometric view of the sleep inducing chamber with vibrations and controlled sounds; cover (2), acrylic dome (3), side covers (5) front and rear cover (6), upper mat (7). Figure No. 2: Detailed isometric view of the sleep inducing chamber with vibrations and controlled sounds; cover (2), acrylic dome (3), side covers (5) front and rear cover (6), upper mat (7), matrix boxes (8), insulating mesh (9), matrix frame resonator drawers (10 ), Bottom mat (1 1), cushion base (12), support cushion base (13), Base frame Sound pressure (14), Metal containment base arch (15), Metal frame (16), chamber base ( 17).

Figure No. 3: Side view of the sleep induction chamber with controlled vibrations and sounds; dome (3), metal arm (4), cover support (2), side covers (5), upper mat (7), Matrix frame Resonator Drawers (10), lower mat (1 1).

Figure No. 4: Isometric view of the matrix boxes (8) and the insulating mesh (9).

Figure No. 5: Top view of the matrix boxes (8) and the shaker bass or contact transducers (20).

Figure No. 6: Front view of the computer (19), multichannel USB audio interface (26), shaker bass or contact transducers (20).

Figure No. 7: Isometric view of the sleep inducing chamber with vibrations and controlled sounds; cover (2), acrylic dome (3), side covers (5) front and rear cover (6), matrix boxes (8), shaker bass or contact transducers (20), computer (19), multi-channel USB audio interface (26), headphones (21), speakers (22).

Claims

REIVINDICATORY CHAPTER:

The sleep-inducing chamber with controlled vibrations and sounds CHARACTERIZED BECAUSE it is a chamber or vault (1) has a lid (2) on top of it, which has a dome (3); this cover (2) is supported by means of a support arm (4); said chamber (1) on its sides has two covers (5), and on its front and back sides it has two other covers (6); inside said chamber (1) there is an upper mat (7) and below it are the matrix boxes (8) that rest on a cushioned base (12), which in turn has an insulating mesh (9) which is protected by a framework (10); the matrix boxes (8), the insulating mesh (9) and the frame (10), rest on a lower mat (1 1); said mat (1 1) is on a cushion base (12), a sound pressure base frame (14) and supports (13); said base frame (14) is surrounded by an arch (15) and a frame (16); The sleep inductor chamber (1) has a computer (19) with a logic card (23) which is connected to a multichannel (26); said multichannel (26) is connected to the Shaker bass or contact transducers (20), headphones (21) or speakers (22).

Sleep induction chamber with vibrations and controlled sounds according to claim 1 characterized in that the upper mat (7) is 3cm to 8cm thick.

Sleep induction chamber with vibrations and controlled sounds according to claim 1 characterized in that the hearing aids (21) are circumaural, Bluetooth headphones or supraaural.